The Face Behind the Mask
“What fiendish fury turns man into monster?”
1941•NR•1h 9m•6.5•Released
CrimeDramaHorror
A kindly, enthusiastic, newly-arrived American immigrant from Hungary is forced to turn to a life of crime after his face is badly disfigured in a hotel fire.
Director
Robert Florey
Writer
Paul Jarrico, Allen Vincent
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Peter Lorre
Janos 'Johnny' Szabo
Evelyn Keyes
Helen Williams
Don Beddoe
Lt. James 'Jim' O'Hara
George E. Stone
Dinky
John Tyrrell
Watts
Cy Schindell
Benson
Stanley Brown
Harry
James Seay
Jeff Jeffries
Warren Ashe
Johnson, Reporter
Charles Cahill Wilson
Chief O'Brien
George McKay
Terry Finnegan
Ernie Adams
Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Sam Ash
Mike Cary - Pilot (uncredited)
Al Bridge
Flop House Manager (uncredited)
Mary Currier
Burn Treatment Nurse (uncredited)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Wallace MacDonald
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